China web firms odds-on winners with World Cup gambling
China's Internet giants and insurance companies are finding ever more innovative ways to get around the country's strict betting laws and reap a payout as fans wager billions on the World Cup.
China's Internet giants and insurance companies are finding ever more innovative ways to get around the country's strict betting laws and reap a payout as fans wager billions on the World Cup.
Internet
Jul 4, 2014
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"In-play" football bets may prove tantalisingly tempting, but new research from the University of Stirling has highlighted a gambling advertising pattern which proves the odds fall firmly in favour of the bookmakers.
Social Sciences
Jun 2, 2015
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As rival football teams have been battling it out in this year's World Cup, cyber criminals have had their eye on a different goal – to cash in on this global distraction at any opportunity.
Internet
Jul 11, 2014
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The scientific study of penalty taking suggests that there are unexploited opportunities for footballers.
Other
Jul 12, 2018
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Complaints about football-related website addresses made up a key part of the cybersquatting disputes in 2009, said the UN intellectual property agency Tuesday.
Internet
Mar 22, 2010
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Mention vuvuzela to soccer fans, and they may cringe. The plastic horn rose to prominence during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where tens of thousands of those instruments blared in packed stadiums. The loud, buzzing ...
General Physics
Nov 27, 2013
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(AP) -- The World Cup final at Soccer City in Johannesburg will be among 25 matches at this year's tournament broadcast in 3-D.
Telecom
Apr 8, 2010
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So much happened in 2018.
Internet
Dec 12, 2018
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International golf stars, spectators and media at the World Cup on the southern Chinese island of Hainan are enjoying uncensored Internet access denied to 1.3 billion Chinese.
Internet
Nov 25, 2011
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From events such as the Rugby World Cup to party politics, coaches, captains and party leaders are in the spotlight.
Social Sciences
Oct 22, 2015
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